I don't get having Kero up. I know there's not a lot of love for Gaunce, but he has a better ppg than Kero and is 2 years younger. I know there's more to hockey than that, but still... I’m sure this is just pressbox duty, it gives Kero some extra cash as well, gaunce is better served playing with t...

Then heres to seeing him next fall. :cheers: Well I could foresee us protecting Hughes, Juolevi, and Tryamkin Ryan Biech is an astute hockey fella and reads all the CBA, NHL rules yada yada, he says Hughes will not have to be protected if he plays under 11 games THIS NHL season. So that's my story ...

I don't recall Botchford ever cooking up a rumour that was corroborated by anybody or turned out to be true. I've always figured he's as "insider" as Garrioch, and tries to make himself part of the story.

Yeah those trades are all over the place, it's impossible to determine what a trade+buyout of Marleau might cost the Leaves. Also, none of the guys you mention were on 35+ contracts, and all of them had most of their salary paid by insurance. My 35+ Malakhov comparison was from 12 years ago, so not...

The only similar deal I can recall is when Joisy traded Malakhov + 1st to the Sharks for 2 nobodies (dumps). You got me, I had no memory of that player or that trade. I guess that was in the flurry of weird things Lou did to get under the Cap - hard to believe NJ was once one of the biggest-spendin...